Vincent Cronin

Vincent Archibald Patrick Cronin, FRSL ( born May 24, 1924 in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, then England, Wales today; † January 25, 2011 in Marbella, Andalucia, Spain ) was a British author who mainly with themes of history and biographies with addressed by historical characters.

Life

Cronin was born as the son of originating from Scotland physician and author Archibald Joseph Cronin. The family moved from Wales to London when he was two years old. He attended Ampleforth College before he first began his studies at Harvard University, then at the Sorbonne. At Trinity College, Oxford Cronin completed his studies in ancient history and in philosophy. During World War II Cronin was a lieutenant in the British Army.

Cronin was the first editor of the Companion Guides Guides series, he also served on the board of the Royal Society of Literature (RSL ) of which he was a Fellow.

Cronin married in 1949, the French nobles Chantal de Rolland with whom he had five children. In the following years the family lived in each case for a long time in London, Marbella, Dragey and in Avranches, Manche department in the Basse-Normandie region at the Manoir de Brion. Cronin died at his home in Marbella.

Awards

Publications (selection)

As author

  • Four Women in Pursuit of an Ideal. Collins, London 1965. German translation: adventure of the heart. Four women of romance. Goverts, Stuttgart 1968.
  • German translation: The Sun King. Fischer paperback publishing house, Frankfurt / M. 1979, ISBN 3-596-21536-6.
  • German translation: Napoleon. Strategist and statesman. 7th edition Heyne, München 1995, ISBN 3-453-09047-0 (EA Hamburg 1973).
  • German translation: Catherine the Great. 3rd edition paperback Piper Verlag, München 2010, ISBN 978-3-492-24831-0.
  • Abbreviated version: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Nothing but music in your head. Publisher The best Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-89915-481-8 (Summary by Brigitte Hamann; Attached: Catherine the Great).
  • German translation: The Jesuit as Mandarin. Goverts, Stuttgart 1959.
  • The letter after Z. Collins, London 1960.
  • The last migration. Hart-Davis, London 1957. German translation: The last train of the black tents. Goverts, Stuttgart 1957.
  • German translation: The pillars of heaven. The worldviews of the West. Heyne, München 1983, ISBN 3-453-01818-4.
  • German translation: Paris on the move. Culture, politics and society from 1900 to 1914. List, Munich, 1989, ISBN 3-471-77227-8.
  • German translation: The golden honeycomb Sicily. Joke & Goverts, Stuttgart 1956.

As editor

  • Innovation ( divers hands essays by; Vol. 40) in contemporary literature. RSL, London 1979, ISBN 0-85115-119-1.
  • A calendar of Saints. London 1963.
  • The Companion Guide to Paris. Fontana Books, London, 1975, ISBN 0-00-613765-2.
  • The Sunday Times Travel and Holiday Guide. Nelson, London 1966.
  • William H. Murray: The Companion Guide to the West Highlands of Scotland. 5th Edition Collins, London 1973, ISBN 0-00-211135-7 (EA London 1969).
  • Errol Brathwaite: The Companion Guide to the North Iceland of New Zealand. Collins, London 1974.
  • Eve Borsook: The Companion Guide to Florence. Companion Guides Publ, Woodbridge 1997, ISBN 1-900639-19- X.

As a translator

  • Alfred Kerr: L' amour profane. London 1963.
  • Jean Daniélou: The Christian Centuries. A new history of the Catholic Church, vol 1: The first 600 years. London 1964.
  • Valéry Giscard d' Estaing: Towards to a new democracy. London 1977.
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